Background
Lakshmi-Ratan, Ramnath Ayyan was born on April 10, 1953 in Bombay, India. Came to the United States, 1971. Son of Subramania Ayyan and Jayalakshmi (Iyer) L-R.
Lakshmi-Ratan, Ramnath Ayyan was born on April 10, 1953 in Bombay, India. Came to the United States, 1971. Son of Subramania Ayyan and Jayalakshmi (Iyer) L-R.
Student, Ripon College, 1973. Bachelor of Science, Poona University, India, 1976. Behavioural Science Institute, University Bombay, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1984.
Technology supervisor Green Giant Company, Ripon, 1971-1972. Manager operations Associated Cement Company of India, Ltd., Bombay, 1977. Manager new products development appliances division Voltas, Ltd., 1978-1979.
Consultant marketing science University Pittsburgh, 1979-1982, instructor marketing graduate school business, 1982-1984. Manager, primary researcher Bureau Business Research, Pittsburgh, 1980-1982. Assistant professor marketing University Wisconsin, Madison, 1984-1986.
Member technical staff American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1986-1992. Technical manager Connmer Laboratory, 1992-1995, technical director, 1995. Vice president global marketing, business development next generation networks Lucent Technologies.
Director technical development Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association, 2002. Senior vice president strategy VocalTec Communications Ltd., 2003. Senior vice president membership, market development Direct Marketing Association, 2005, executive vice president, chief operating officer, since 2006.
Consultant Pullman-Swindell, Pittsburgh, 1980, Elger Plumbing Ware, Pittsburgh, 1981, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1982, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Madison, 1985. Speaker in field; adjunct professor Rutgers University, since 1988.
Member American Marketing Association, American Statistics Association, Association Consumer Research, Institute for Management Science, Psychometric Society.
Married Olga Chandra Ratan, 1981 (divorced 1988). 1 child, Rabindra Ayyan. Married Nancy Ryan Ratan, 1992.